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Page viii
... last edition he saw through the press contained nearly three times as much matter as the first . If La Bruyère's keenness of observation and wonder- fully clever style won general applause and admiration , his biting satire , on the ...
... last edition he saw through the press contained nearly three times as much matter as the first . If La Bruyère's keenness of observation and wonder- fully clever style won general applause and admiration , his biting satire , on the ...
Page 103
... last words that poor Narcissa spoke ; ' No , let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face ; One would not , sure , be frightful when one's dead , And , Betty , give this cheek a little red . ' 17 ...
... last words that poor Narcissa spoke ; ' No , let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs and shade my lifeless face ; One would not , sure , be frightful when one's dead , And , Betty , give this cheek a little red . ' 17 ...
Page 107
... last of the branch of Orléans - Angoulême , of the stock of the Valois . 3. pendant que .. : cf. p . 6 1. 24 . : 8. Ninus the founder of the Assyrian empire and of its capital Nineveh . 14. Sémiramis : the wife of Ninus , who resigned ...
... last of the branch of Orléans - Angoulême , of the stock of the Valois . 3. pendant que .. : cf. p . 6 1. 24 . : 8. Ninus the founder of the Assyrian empire and of its capital Nineveh . 14. Sémiramis : the wife of Ninus , who resigned ...
Page 111
... last expression given in the note above , p . 29 l . 10 . 3. aïeuls often used for aïeux in the seventeenth century . la taille a tax from which the nobles were exempt . 6. précédé de .. : cf. accompagné de , suivi de . détournent : for ...
... last expression given in the note above , p . 29 l . 10 . 3. aïeuls often used for aïeux in the seventeenth century . la taille a tax from which the nobles were exempt . 6. précédé de .. : cf. accompagné de , suivi de . détournent : for ...
Page 134
... last Catholic breviary . which is all in his favour . ' prayer at night in the Roman 24. la paroisse : here ' the parish church . ' 6. imposer : for en imposer . . For the redundant use of the pronoun en cf. p . 33 l . 22 , p . 46 1. 6 ...
... last Catholic breviary . which is all in his favour . ' prayer at night in the Roman 24. la paroisse : here ' the parish church . ' 6. imposer : for en imposer . . For the redundant use of the pronoun en cf. p . 33 l . 22 , p . 46 1. 6 ...
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account adjective already explained believe Bruyère Bruyère's caractère carrosse CHAPTER choses Church construction croit Démophile denier Diphile dire discours doubt Épidaure Esculape esprit everything expletive extol famous fear femme first Floridors fortune French friends generally gens give good goût great Henry IV Hermagoras homme house indefinite infinitive jour know l'esprit last life LINE literary livre Louis Louis XIV made maison make meaning means Ménalque mérite mind Molière's monde money mood name neither never no doubt notice noun obsolete omission omitted once one's Onuphre Page LINE parle passe people Périandre personne place preposition present pronoun quelquefois redundant referring refers reflexions riche rien s'il sait seemed seen sense seul seventeenth century sorte speak speaking State subjunctive take talent things think thought time town trouve used used instead verb veut visage VIVA VOCE want wish WORDS work writer years yeux ΙΟ